Cotton-picking sack.



1. W; WATKINS.

COTTON PICKING SACK. APPLICATION FILED MAYA-1918.

Patented Apr. 8,1919.

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COTTON PICKING SACK APPLICATION FILVED' MAY 1. 191a Patented Apr. 8,1919.

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UNITED JOSEPH WILLIAM wiitrxnvsjor nrnenLn-rnnnnssm, i ssrenon or em nate eonnon GRIFFIN AND HENRY W. BARTLEY, BOTH or RIDGELY, TENNESSEE.

corron-rieiiiive fsrl'eiiif y 1 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrri W. WVA'rKiNs,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Ridgely, in the county oi Lake and State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Picking Sacks, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in sacks such as are used by cotton pickers to receive the cotton lint as the same is picked from the bolls, iii the field, the object oi' the f invention being to provide an improved sack of this character which can be reversed and arranged to drag between the cotton rows with either side on the ground so thatthe durability of the sack is very greatly in: creased.

The invention alsolhas for a specific object arranged on the ground for dragging between the cotton rows as the picking proceeds.

The invention also has for its object the provision of a carrying flap which is suspended from the shoulder of the user and to which either side of the sack can be detachably connected so that the sack can be" reversed and its durability very greatly increased. 4

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction,

combination and arrangement of devices herein after described and claimed.

In the accompanying draw1ngs:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cotton picker sack provided with a pair of inte gral suspending flaps at opposite sides of its mouth and also provided with means for attaching either ofthe suspending flaps to the shoulder strap in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of the Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a cotton picker sack provided with a detachable and. reversible carrying flap and constructed and arranged in accordance with a modification In the forni of my invention shown in with either side underniost and hence can Specification of Letterslatenti Patented APT. 8, Application filedjllfay 7,191 8 "Serial 1%.235Q13Qf f Y i Figs. 1 and 2 thesack lis "fornied with integral carrying flaps 2 at opposite sides of its mouthxand each carrying flap is provided. =near'1ts ends *Wltll bucklesB which are atr tachedth ereto by suitabletabs 4:.

I'also provide a shoulderstrap 5 which maybe of any suitable material, such, for instance, asv the cotton webbing material whic-h is used for making the back-straps of I "plow harness, and totlie ends of said shoulder strap. are permanently secured attach iiig straps 6', which are preferablyunadeoi' "leatherfbut can be niade of any suitable ma terial, said attaching straps being adapted to be engaged withthe buckles of either "of the carrying flaps and so that the sack; which is dragged on the ground between the rows asthe cotton is picked, can be arranged be reversed; when it becoinesworn onfone side andlrontinued in use until the other side also *is worn, thuspractically doubling the life of the sack' and I correspondingly. economizing in'the cost thereof. i

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. 3'2t11(1.4: the sack is used'in connection with a carrying flap 7 whichcarrying flap" is flap to be. suspended froni the shoulder. of the user. Y

detachable from the sack and is provided with'a strap .8 which enables the carrying I The carrying flap i s providedatthe lower I side with eyelets 9 and the sack is provided at .the l nOL1tl1,"OI1 opposite, sides, with eyelets 10ieitherset"ofwhich may be arranged in registry with the eyelets 9. i A lacing cordv 11 is run-throughthe eyelets i)", 10 and serves It willbe observed that in both ;to detachably secure either side of the mouth of the sack to the carryingflap and hence the sack canbe reversed and used until both sides thereof are worn.

my invention the carrying flap forms an eX- tension of'the'side of the sack to which it is 'V'a'ttached and is sinooth and "unobstructed so that the comfort of the user is greatly prof 1 nioted- Cotton is ordinarilvpicked lll llOi? 0 weather and the cotton picking hands necessarily clothe themselves verylightly and .it

is of *great'practic al iniportance'that the sack with itsload of cotton sliouldnotgall' or annoy the user. Both forms of niy. in

vention" meet this requirement whileallowi112 the sack to be reversed and used until both sides thereof are worn.

Having thus described my invention, I sack can be reversed and said flap having a claim strap loop, at its upper end, to enable the A Cotton picking sack and a carrying flap same to be suspended from the shoulder of 1 therefor, detachable therefrom, said sack the user. 5 and flap having means whereby the flap can In testimony whereof I afii-x my signature.

be attached to either side of the sack to form an extension of said side and so that the JOSEPH WILLIAM WATKINS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of l'atentl, Washington, D. 0." 

